A sampling of our alumni includes:
Jean Merrill '44, author of over two dozen children's books, including The Pushcart War
Eugene Wolsk '48, Broadway producer (Forever Plaid, Fiddler on the Roof revival, and others.)
Marcia Johnson Sartwell '50, program information director, National Endowment for the Arts
Richard Dunn '60, associate dean and English department chair, University of Washington
Ralph Bennett '63, assistant managing editor, Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Anne Swanson '68, supervising editor, Houghton Mifflin Company
Cris Groenendaal '70, actor/singer (Phantom of the Opera, revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum); RCA recording artist
Richard Murphy '71, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor, Anchorage Daily News
Marie Rama '72, co-author, Cooking for Dummies; owner, Creative Media Consulting
John Hillkirk III '78, business writer, USA Today; co-author, A Better Idea: Redefining the Way Americans Work, published by Houghton Mifflin
Tom O'Boyle '78, assistant managing editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Liza Koon '83, sports layout chief, USA Today
Chris Shipley '84, editor and publisher, Demoletter, produced by IDG Conference Management Co., San Francisco
Allan Burns '89, assistant professor, James Madison University
Kristen Whissel '91, assistant professor, University of Michigan
Max Potter '93, senior staff writer for GQ Magazine
John Barrett '97, technical writer for I.T. Corporation
Ronda Chollock '97, graduate student, doctoral program, University of Virginia
Matthew Jacobson '98, assistant manager, editorial services, Pharmedica Communications, Inc.
James Weaver '98, doctoral program, Ohio State University
Michael Geerston '99, senior associate, Cassals & Associates (firm implementing democracy and governance projects in Latin America)
Anthony Ranii '99, elementary school teacher, Sunnyvale, California
